bestrip

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verb

To strip away, remove; strip, undress; deprive.

OriginMiddle English bestrepen ← Old English bestrȳpan →
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Meanings

verbbestrip (third-person singular simple present bestrips, present participle bestripping, simple past and past participle bestripped)

present singular third person bestrips · participle present bestripping · participle past bestripped · past bestripped

  1. archaictransitiveTo strip away, remove; strip, undress; deprive.

    It bestrips the root of envy from the heart.

    1866, Laurent (Dominican), Dan Michel's Ayenbite of inwyt: Text, page 144
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    There are some souls that trust in God and have an inclination that way, yet they would piece it out with other things, and are loath to bestrip themselves of all other stays and props.

    1870, Robert Leighton (abp. of Glasgow.), William West (of Nairn), The Works of Robert Leighton, D.D.

    O take away my Worth gowns, ma, Bestrip me from head to toe—[…]

    1917, Journal of the Outdoor Life, volume 14, page 199

Origin

  1. Old Englishbestrȳpan“to strip, rob, plunder”
  2. Middle Englishbestrepen
  3. Englishbestrip

From Middle English bestrepen, from Old English bestrȳpan (“to strip, rob, plunder”), equivalent to be- (“off, away”) + strip.

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